India v New Zealand, Hyderabad

India 438/10

New Zealand 159/10 & 164/10

India won by 115 runs

India v New Zealand 2012 · 1st Test Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad 23–26 Aug 2012

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than India.

India

1.27× +27%

New Zealand

0.99× -1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

India's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

CA Pujara India

159 +154

Kane Williamson New Zealand

84 +101

MS Dhoni India

73 +70

BB McCullum New Zealand

64 +68

JEC Franklin New Zealand

48 +62

Best bowling

Top match figures

R Ashwin6/31

R Ashwin6/54

JS Patel4/100

PP Ojha3/44

Top score

159

CA Pujara · India

Biggest stand

127

6th wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultIndia won by 115 runs

Length4 days

India

438 /10 (134.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c CFK van Wyk b TA Boult	22	36	4	0	61.11
V Sehwag	c MJ Guptill b DAJ Bracewell	47	41	9	0	114.63
CA Pujara	c JEC Franklin b JS Patel	159	306	19	1	51.96
Sachin Tendulkar	b TA Boult	19	62	2	0	30.65
Virat Kohli	c MJ Guptill b CS Martin	58	107	8	0	54.21
SK Raina	c CFK van Wyk b JS Patel	3	13	0	0	23.08
MS Dhoni	c DAJ Bracewell b JS Patel	73	147	6	1	49.66
R Ashwin	st CFK van Wyk b JS Patel	37	54	5	0	68.52
Z Khan	c CFK van Wyk b TA Boult	0	8	0	0	0.00
PP Ojha*	not out	4	28	1	0	14.29
UT Yadav	run out (CS Martin)	4	5	1	0	80.00

Extras 12 (b 6, lb 4, w 2)

Total 438/10 (134.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	27.0	4	76	1	2.81
TA Boult	27.0	4	93	3	3.44
DAJ Bracewell	19.1	1	88	1	4.59
JEC Franklin	13.2	1	40	0	3.00
JS Patel	41.0	9	100	4	2.44
Kane Williamson	7.0	0	31	0	4.43

Fall of wickets

1-49 (G Gambhir, 9.6)·2-77 (V Sehwag, 14.3)·3-125 (Sachin Tendulkar, 34.5)·4-250 (Virat Kohli, 68.1)·5-260 (SK Raina, 72.4)·6-387 (CA Pujara, 115.4)·7-411 (MS Dhoni, 121.1)·8-414 (Z Khan, 124.4)·9-430 (R Ashwin, 133.1)·10-438 (UT Yadav, 134.3)

New Zealand

159 /10 (61.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BB McCullum	c Virat Kohli b PP Ojha	22	27	3	0	81.48
MJ Guptill	c Virat Kohli b R Ashwin	2	25	0	0	8.00
Kane Williamson	c V Sehwag b PP Ojha	32	92	3	0	34.78
LRPL Taylor	c Virat Kohli b R Ashwin	2	14	0	0	14.29
DR Flynn	lbw b R Ashwin	16	13	2	0	123.08
JEC Franklin*	not out	43	122	1	1	35.25
CFK van Wyk	lbw b UT Yadav	0	14	0	0	0.00
DAJ Bracewell	st MS Dhoni b PP Ojha	17	25	2	0	68.00
JS Patel	c & b R Ashwin	10	21	1	0	47.62
TA Boult	c G Gambhir b R Ashwin	4	15	1	0	26.67
CS Martin	b R Ashwin	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 7)

Total 159/10 (61.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	11.0	4	33	0	3.00
UT Yadav	8.0	0	24	1	3.00
PP Ojha	21.0	6	44	3	2.10
R Ashwin	16.3	5	31	6	1.88
V Sehwag	2.0	0	4	0	2.00
SK Raina	2.0	0	6	0	3.00
Sachin Tendulkar	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-25 (BB McCullum, 7.3)·2-29 (MJ Guptill, 10.1)·3-35 (LRPL Taylor, 12.5)·4-55 (DR Flynn, 18.1)·5-99 (Kane Williamson, 39.3)·6-111 (CFK van Wyk, 43.4)·7-141 (DAJ Bracewell, 51.4)·8-153 (JS Patel, 57.3)·9-159 (TA Boult, 61.2)·10-159 (CS Martin, 61.3)

New Zealand

164 /10 (79.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MJ Guptill	lbw b PP Ojha	16	38	3	42.11
BB McCullum	lbw b UT Yadav	42	130	3	32.31
Kane Williamson	c V Sehwag b PP Ojha	52	163	4	31.90
LRPL Taylor	b R Ashwin	7	9	0	77.78
DR Flynn	lbw b R Ashwin	11	54	1	20.37
JEC Franklin	c V Sehwag b R Ashwin	5	17	1	29.41
CFK van Wyk	lbw b R Ashwin	13	34	2	38.24
DAJ Bracewell	c Virat Kohli b PP Ojha	1	16	0	6.25
JS Patel*	not out	6	9	1	66.67
TA Boult	c V Sehwag b R Ashwin	0	6	0	0.00
CS Martin	lbw b R Ashwin	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 1, lb 10)

Total 164/10 (79.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
PP Ojha	28.0	9	48	3	1.71
Z Khan	13.0	5	17	0	1.31
UT Yadav	10.0	1	32	1	3.20
R Ashwin	26.5	10	54	6	2.01
SK Raina	2.0	1	2	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-26 (MJ Guptill, 14.3)·2-98 (BB McCullum, 45.1)·3-105 (LRPL Taylor, 48.3)·4-138 (Kane Williamson, 64.2)·5-142 (DR Flynn, 67.2)·6-145 (JEC Franklin, 69.6)·7-148 (DAJ Bracewell, 74.6)·8-160 (CFK van Wyk, 77.2)·9-164 (TA Boult, 79.2)·10-164 (CS Martin, 79.5)